A few pages into Omar Musa’s first novel Here Come The Dogs, I stopped reading. I turned the book this way and that, trying to be sure I was actually reading the correct book (I actually did once find a book that had the wrong cover). What was this? What the heck was going on? After a while, I opened the book and got back to reading.

And I didn’t stop for a long time.

Set in the author’s own Australia, the compelling characters take us on a wild ride through the immigrant experience. The style is visceral and driving; the journey (for me, as an immigrant) hauntingly familiar yet also alien. The viewpoint is very male - which isn’t a criticism, but it is worth pointing out. For all that specificity - a story about the male, immigrant experience, informed by Hip Hop - it’s an effective story about the human condition, and thus, a powerful book.

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Technical Tools of the Trade is a program to provide low-cost, accessible, yet high-quality instruction in technical theater and design. This is made possible by Legacy funding so that we are not compromising on the needed costs to get the proper equipment and hire the top-notch working professionals that we do.

We provide workshops for children and youth, all the way to seasoned experts looking for continuing education. We also have workshops for young professionals looking to improve their marketability and for networking opportunities in a business that is typically hard to break in to.